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The First Company Producing Materials to Enable Sustainable, More Efficient, and Quickly Charging Potassium-Ion Batteries Makes Industry Debut at 100th Birthday Celebration of Lithium-Ion Battery Inventor

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Tuesday, July 26, 2022

AUSTIN, Texas, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Celebrating Professor John Goodenough's 100th birthday, inventor of the Lithium-ion battery (LIB), Group1 today introduced itself as the world's first company to commercialize cathode materials for novel Potassium-ion batteries (KIBs).

Key Points: 
  • Group1 and Potassium-ion batteries can provide a viable alternative to bridge this supply gap," said CEO of Group1 Alexander Girau.
  • "We are proud to be the first company on the market commercializing Potassium Prussian White cathode materials to create safer, quickly charging, more efficient, and sustainable Potassium-ion batteries."
  • Group1's KPW cathode materials offer significant upside when compared to other non-LIB battery materials for multiple reasons.
  • Group1 is the first company to practically enable high-power, and long-cycling Potassium-ion batteries that can meet society's future growth needs.